Prospective Candidates Running for City Election

Keith Thibault July 26, 2021 1

Potential candidates seeking to run in this year’s City Election had until 5 pm Friday to return nomination papers.  Here are the individuals who did so.

MAYOR (4 Candidates)

* Paul Coogan
Jonathan Albernaz
Cliff Ponte
Michael Vandal

CITY COUNCIL (18 Candidates)

* Shawn Cadime
* Michelle Dionne
* Brad Kilby
* Pam Laliberte-Lebeau
* Trott Lee
* Christopher Peckham
* Leo Pelletier
* Linda Pereira
Gabriel Amaral
Paulo Amaral
Joseph Camara
Angel Pantoja
Andrew Raposo
Alexander Silva
Matthew Springer
Ricky Tith
Chrissane Tyrell
Laura Jean Washington

SCHOOL COMMITTEE (10 Candidates)

* Kevin Aguiar
* Paul Hart
* Mimi Larivee
Bobby Bailey
Charles Chase
Collin Dias
Melissa Doyle
John Kaleski
Shelli Pereira
Sara Rodrigues

*Incumbent

Incumbent school committee members Mark Costa, Joshua Hetzler and Tom Khoury will not seek re-election.

If all candidates are certified and file their nomination papers, there will be a preliminary election for mayor. The preliminary election is scheduled for September 21.  The city election will be held on November 2.

One Comment

  1. Rev. Nancy Krause July 28, 2021 at 3:18 pm

    I don’t normally vote in local elections but will this time around. Kudos to Mayor Coogan. Great job trying to turn this city around.